On Ramp Opportunity: NOAA Commercial Weather Data Program Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB) -2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is conducting market research to onboard additional vendors to its Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This IDIQ seeks to continue the procurement of commercially sourced global navigation satellite system (GNSS) radio occultation (RO) data to meet NOAA's operational weather and space weather data needs. Interested vendors are requested to submit a capabilities package demonstrating their ability to meet the requirements outlined in the attached Statement of Work, including data delivery specifications, quality assurance, and licensing terms. Submissions should include business information, technical approach, cost models, and risk mitigation strategies. The information gathered will be used to evaluate the market's ability to support this requirement.
This opportunity is set aside for qualified small businesses under NAICS code 518210. The current RODB-2 IDIQ contract has a $59,312,954 maximum value, which will be shared among all contract holders. Responses to this pre-solicitation are due by June 5, 2024, and the information collected may be shared with other federal agencies to foster coordination on commercial weather data procurement strategies.
NEEP-Q3FY24-RODB2-ONRAMP Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
5/1/24, 10:12 AM On Ramp Opportunity: NOAA Commercial Weather Data Program Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB) -2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is conducting market research for the on-ramping of additional vendors to its Radio Occultation Data Buy II multiple award contract pool. The NOAA Commercial Data Program requires the continuation of commercially sourced operational Global Navigation Satellite System radio occultation data to meet weather forecasting needs. Interested vendors must submit capabilities packages by October 31, 2023 demonstrating ability to meet requirements in the attached statement of work, including providing radio occultation soundings and ionospheric track data meeting daily counts, latency, quality, and distribution specifications. Evaluation will consider technical approach, costs, licensing terms, and provisions for assuring continuous data supply.
This is a total small business set-aside with a NAICS code of 518210. The current multiple award contracts have a maximum value of $59.3 million shared amongst holders. The statement of work requires the delivery of specific minimum daily counts of radio occultation soundings and ionospheric tracks with latency of less than 3 hours and specific quality thresholds over a 5-year ordering period. Incumbent contractors include three small businesses currently holding IDIQ contracts to provide these data services to NOAA.
NEEP-FY24-RODB2-ONRAMP Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
9/21/23, 2:34 PM AWARD: NOAA Commercial Weather Data Program Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB) -2
NOAA has awarded an IDIQ contract to SPIRE GLOBAL SUBSIDIARY, INC. under the Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) program. This follow-on contract to previous IDIQ awards made in 2020 has a maximum value of $59,312,954 shared across IDIQ vendors. It provides for the delivery of radio occultation data to NOAA over a five-year ordering period from March 2023 to March 2028 through the issuance of firm-fixed-price delivery orders. The award was made by the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on March 23, 2023.
1332KP23DNEEP0002 Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
3/23/23, 5:04 PM AWARD: NOAA Commercial Weather Data Program Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB) -2
NOAA has awarded an IDIQ contract to Space Sciences And Engineering LLC under the Commercial Weather Data Program's Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) opportunity. The $59,312,954 maximum value IDIQ contract vehicle has a five-year ordering period from March 2023 through March 2028 and allows for FFP Delivery Orders to be issued. This follows on two-year IDIQ contracts awarded in November 2020 and continues NOAA's procurement of radio occultation data for its weather forecasting and climate monitoring activities.
1332KP23DNEEP0001 Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
3/23/23, 4:59 PM NOAA Commercial Data Program Radio Occultation Data Buy: 2023 - 2028
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to award one or more indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts from 2023 through 2028 for commercial near-real-time global navigation satellite system radio occultation data. NOAA seeks this data along with associated precision orbit determination tracking data, navigation solutions, attitude quaternions, and metadata to meet specifications for signal frequencies, sampling rates, signal-to-noise ratios, height ranges, and daily sounding counts. Data must be delivered in specified formats to NOAA's Common Cloud Framework within defined latencies. NOAA solicits input on the draft statement of work through this pre-solicitation notice by January 5, 2022 and intends to issue a formal solicitation in fiscal year 2022.
There is no set-aside designated for this procurement. The NAICS code is 541715 and PSC code is D302. The potential period of performance is 2023 through 2028. NOAA specifically requests comment on using open licenses to publicly release contractor-supplied radio occultation data within 24 hours of collection, as well as various data sharing options and their potential pricing impacts.
NOAA-FY22-CDP-RODB2 Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
12/1/21, 11:42 AM